And I’ve been greatly inspired by the volunteers in the congregation I served in Toronto around the “Out of the Cold” project that brings together churches and synagogues, and now I believe also mosques, to provide food and shelter for the homeless in the city.

That’s the spirit in which I read the statement by my rabbinic colleagues. It’s a noteworthy contribution that others should wish to emulate to the climate of mutual trust by counteracting toxic recriminations and unwarranted self-righteousness.

The rabbis should be applauded for applying Stendahl’s seminal teaching to current challenges.

Unwarranted self-righteousness is Dow Marmur’s middle name. He doesn’t realize that he is enabling the worst enemies of the Jewish people.

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I hope you will consider my plea as one of the few Rabbis in Americas who speaks out for Israel, fights anti-Semitism throughout the world and one who speaks out vehemently against extremist Muslims. In addition I fight on behalf of Holocaust survivors and have been vocal regarding the Holocaust Claims Conference missing funds. I was also president of Rabbis for Romney. You are welcome to look me up on the internet.

We are living in pre Holocaust times. European Jewry is facing major anti-Semitism and parts of Europe are Judenrein. Israel is facing a possible Holocaust from Iran and surrounding enemies. I was just banned from the Huffington Post for expressing my displeasure with Muslims praying at Auschwitz over my family ashes. Extremist Muslims want Israel and all Jews annihilated. My plea to all Jews: Speak out. Tell your Rabbis not to remain silent. We are running out of time.

In all the years (and this week it’s exactly 14 years) since our daughter was murdered, we have not found a single Arabic-language post, article, tweet or speech condemning that attack in the center of Jerusalem or the killings.